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Commencement Ceremonies
Western will
hold its commencement ceremonies at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. May 13 in the
Looney Complex. “Buck” O’Neil, baseball player in the Negro American
League in the 1940s, will be the speaker at each ceremony.
Other events on
commencement day include a pinning ceremony for nursing graduates at 9
a.m. in the Potter Hall theater, and receptions for graduates and their
families following each ceremony on the lawn of the Looney Complex.
Graduates from
the following departments will take part in the 11 a.m. ceremony: art,
communication studies/theatre, criminal justice/legal studies,
education, English/foreign languages/journalism, government/social
work/sociology, physical education/recreation,
history/philosophy/geography, music, nursing, bachelor of
interdisciplinary studies, and bachelor of science in technology 2+2.
Graduates in
the 3 p.m. ceremony include: biology, business, chemistry, computer
science/mathematics/physics, economics, engineering technology, and
psychology.
O’Neil, chair
of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Board of Directors and member of
the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, played briefly for the Memphis Red Sox
in 1937 before joining the Kansas City Monarchs, where he stayed for the
remainder of his baseball career. Only a two-year tour with the U.S.
Navy interrupted his career.
In 1942, O’Neil
led the Monarchs to a Negro American League title, and faced the
Homestead Grays in the Negro World Series. Buck hit a .353, as the
Monarchs swept the Grays in four games. O’Neil won batting titles in
1940 and 1946 with averages of .345 and .350. He was named to the
East-West All-Star Classic in 1942, 1943 and 1949. He also managed the
West squad in 1950, 1953, 1954 and 1955.
In 1948, O’Neil
became the manager of the Monarchs, managing the team until 1955. The
team had league titles in 1948, 1950, 1951 and 1953. In 1956, he was
hired by the Chicago Cubs as a scout, and in 1962, he became the first
African-American coach in the Major Leagues for the Cubs. After 33 years
with the Cubs, he became a scout for the Kansas City Royals in 1988.
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Points of Pride
Excellence in our
Faculty/Staff
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Dave Noah, electrician, received the District Award of Merit, the
highest award a volunteer can receive, for his work with the Robidoux
District of Boy Scouts of America. Only four volunteers received the
award from a pool of 800 adult volunteers. Noah, scoutmaster for Troop
230 in St. Joseph, was recognized for his many dedicated years of
service. He was also nominated by the leaders in his unit and
received the “Spark Plug” award.
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The following are recipients of The Communicator Awards 2006
Print Competition: “’U’ Turn Won’t Change Tradition,” honorable
mention, written by Diane Holtz, public relations and marketing and
alumni services coordinator; “Points of Pride 2005,” award of
distinction, produced by Kristy Hill, director of public relations and
marketing, and Kendy Jones, director of campus printing; and “Western
Magazine Spring 2005,” award of distinction, produced by Holtz and
Jones. Of the 5,214 entries from throughout the U.S. and several
foreign countries, about 18 percent won the award of distinction.
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Jim Estes, professor of art, is one of five featured artists
exhibiting his work at the Birger San dz’en Memorial Gallery in
Lindsbort, Kan. Estes is exhibiting 23 ceramic and wood sculptures as
part of the 108th Midwest Art Exhibition that runs from
April 4 through May 28.
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Robin Findlay, associate professor of theatre, was asked to serve on
the Performing Arts Association (PPA) Board. The mission of PAA is to
provide a diverse selection of performing arts in the St. Joseph area
by presenting programs which foster, increase and promote public
knowledge and appreciation of music, theatre and dance and lectures on
subjects of cultural interest.
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Dr. Patrick McMurry, professor of economics, has been elected
executive vice president of the American Academy of Economic Experts.
This is one of two national organizations dedicated to the promotion
of forensic economics, which is the analysis of economic damages in
litigation settings. Dr. McMurry has also been appointed to the Board
of Editors of the Journal of Legal Economics.
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Frank Thomas, associate professor of music, was invited to conduct
Vivaldi Gloria at the Olathe, Kan. Public School Select Honor Choir
concert. This group includes all Olathe high schools.
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Nader Vargha, associate professor of economics, was honored by Greek
students who proclaimed Tuesday of “Greek Week” to be named “Vargha
Appreciation Day” as a “recognition day for Vargha who does so much
for our chapters.”
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Dr. Robert Bergland, associate professor of journalism, was selected
as a fellow in the American Society of Newspapers Editor’s Institute
for Journalism Excellence program. As part of the seminar, he will
attend the weeklong American Press Institute seminar in Washington,
D.C., and spend a six-week residency at a daily newspaper this summer.
Dr. Bergland was one of 20 journalism educators across the country
selected for the program.
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Dr. Ken Rosenauer, professor of journalism, served as convention
services coordinator for the Spring National College Media Convention
in New York City. Sponsored by College Media Advisers, the event
brought together a record attendance of more than 1,500 journalism
advisers, educators and students. Dr. Rosenauer’s main
responsibilities involved coordinating all aspects of registration,
including locating and coordinating more than 40 volunteers who
handled registration activities.
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Vocal students of Janice Ragland, adjunct professor of music, were
adjudicated in a pre-district contest clinic by Sharon Gray, associate
professor of music. As a result of the district contest, 21 of
Ragland’s 24 students earned I ratings and will go on to the state
music festival.
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Dr. Michael Ducey Jr., assistant professor of chemistry, and Dr. Ben
Caldwell, associate professor of chemistry, published
“Characterization and Analysis of a Product (CAP): A Guided Inquiry
Sequence of Instrumentally Based Experiments for Use in General
Chemistry” in the March 2006 edition of the International Center
for First-Year Undergraduate Chemistry Education Quarterly.
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Dr. Steven Lorimor, associate professor of chemistry, co-authoried an
article entitled “Room Temperature Observation of p-Xylylenes by H NMR
and Evidence for Diradical Intermediates in Their Oligomerization,”
which appeared in the March 3, 2006 issue of the American Chemical
Society’s Journal of Organic Chemistry. The article focuses on
a means of preparing and studying a class of highly reactive organic
molecules which are used in the preparation of a commercial plastic.
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William Church, professor of English, had a story, “The Refuge,”
published in Coal City Review, Volume 21: March 2006.
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Lou Fowler, associate professor of accounting, had a manuscript
entitled “Active Learning: A Study of The Use of Simulation Games in
The Introductory Financial Accounting Class” accepted for publication
in The Academy of Educational Leadership
Journal.
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Corla Dawson, acting director of the center for academic support, and
Cathy Gann, reading and study skills coordinator, attended the College
Reading & Learning Association (CRLA) Heartland Chapter Spring
Conference in Kansas City, Mo. Cathy assisted with the registration
desk and is the current treasurer for the Heartland Chapter.
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Dr. Marilyn Hunt, associate professor of communication studies and
department chair, attended the annual meeting of the Central States
Communication Association in Indianapolis. She presented on two
panels, “Integrating the Basic Communication Course Into Learning
Communities: New Approaches From Past Lessons” and “Old Dogs and New
Pups: Celebrating the Past While Shaping the Future Using Colleagues
as Instructional Resources.”
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Dr. James Okapal, assistant professor of history; and Dr. Stephen
Morris, assistant professor of philosophy; were selected as panel
members for the discussion “Rich and Poor: A Panel Discussion of the
Ethics of Income Disparity” for the philosophy club at Northwest
Missouri State University, Maryville.
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Sharon Gray, associate professor of music; Leslie Heinz, instructor of
voice and music appreciation; Dr. David Benz, assistant professor of
music; and Frank Thomas, associate professor of music; were featured
artists for the March Noontime Series at First Presbyterian Church.
They were accompanied by pianist Dr. David Bennett, assistant
professor of music.
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David Tushaus, associate professor of criminal justice and department
chair, collaborated with Dr. Monica Nandan, associate professor of
social work, to take their respective classes, SWK 320: Social Policy
and LAT 220: Legal Research to Jefferson City, Mo. Twenty-eight
students learned about the legislative and judicial process, about
social welfare issues before the legislature, and about advocating to
legislators. They then met with legislators from their districts. They
also met with Missouri Supreme Court Judge Mary Russell to learn about
the workings of the Court.
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Mike Ritter, coordinator for disability services, attended a town hall
meeting regarding underage drinking sponsored by the St. Joseph Youth
Alliance. He also made presentations at the Leadership Lexicon and at
the Meeting of the Minds alcohol summit. Ritter also participated in
Leadership Northwest in Chillicothe, Mo.
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Dr. Chris Shove, executive director and dean of the Western Institute,
attended the National Space Symposium to solicit donations for Western
high school-college credit technology camp called Lunar-Camp. Several
Fortune 500 aerospace firms indicated an interest to donate.
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Rhonda Rund, director of community arts, and Maureen Raffensperger,
associate professor of physical therapy, were the instructors for
continuing professional education seminars through the Western
Institute. Nearly 30 nursing home administrators attended.
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Mike Ritter, coordinator for disability services, and Michelle Ritter,
webmaster for instructional media center, traveled to several high
schools and middle schools to do presentations on the dangers of
drinking and driving.
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Dr. Cary Chevalier, associate professor of biology, participated as an
invited instructor at the second annual Missouri State Chapter of The
Wildlife Society spring workshop. Dr. Chevalier gave two workshops on
mapping, compass navigation and GPS navigation.
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Dr. Melissa Daggett, assistant professor of biology; and Dr. Ben
Caldwell, associate professor of chemistry; presented a poster
entitled “Design and Implementation of Skill-Specific Assessments in
Introductory and Advanced Cell Biology and Biochemistry Courses” at
the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
meeting in San Francisco.
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Dr. Todd Eckdahl, professor of biology, presented a poster entitled
“Engaging Students in Functional Geonomics Research” at the American
Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) meeting.
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Dr. Shauna Hiley, associate professor of chemistry, gave a
presentation entitled “Two Tiered Instrumental: An Approach to Breadth
vs. Depth” at the Chemical Education Symposium during the American
Chemical Society National Meeting in Atlanta. Dr. Michael Ducey Jr.,
assistant professor of chemistry, was a co-author of the presentation.
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Dr. Jennifer Hegeman, associate professor of math, presented a
computer science, mathematics and physics colloquium entitled “Do You
Really Know Your Multiplication Tables?”
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Evan Noynaert, assistant computer science professor, held an informal
demonstration about building computers from components, tailoring the
session for people who have never worked with computer hardware,
starting with an empty computer case and building up to a functioning
desktop computer.
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Dr. Reza Hamzaee, professor of economics, presented his research paper
entitled “Modern Banking and Strategic Portfolio Management” at the
2006 International Applied Business Research Conference held in
Cancun, Mexico. That paper was included in the refereed proceedings of
the conference. He also served as discussant of several other papers
at that conference.
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Nader Vargha, associate professor of economics, presented a paper
entitled “The Effect of the Use of Technology in the Class Room on
Students’ Performance - A Study” at the University of Central
Oklahoma’s 23rd annual Southwest Business Symposium in
Edmond, Okla.
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Dr. Kaye Adkins, associate professor of English, and Dr. Cynthia Jeney,
assistant professor of English, delivered a workshop, “Better Audit
Report – Audience and Image,” to the Topeka, Kan., chapter of the
Institute of Internal Auditors. Dr. Adkins also presented a paper,
“Low Impact Program Development: Using Your Available Resources to
Start a Professional Writing Program” at the Conference on College
Composition and Communication (CCCC) in Chicago. Dr. Adkins also
offered a workshop, “TC Programs in Mid-Life Crisis,” through the
Special Interest Group of the Association of Teachers of Technical
Writing, held in conjunction with CCCC.
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Dr. Cynthia Jeney, assistant professor of English, presented a paper
“The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Composition: Still Mostly Harmless?” at the
annual National Council of Teachers of English Conference on College
Composition and Communication in Chicago.
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Dr. Jane Frick, professor of English, delivered a 90-minute workshop,
“Words, Words, Words: Which Combinations Score a ‘4’ on the MAP’s
Eleventh-Grade Writing Prompt?” attended by over 100 language arts
teachers at the state’s “Write to Learn 2006: ‘The Power of the Word’”
conference.
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Dr. Monica Nandan, associate professor of social work, presented the
following papers at the Annual Conference of American Society on Aging
in Anaheim, Calif: She co-authored a research presentation with a
social work graduate, Heather Wood, entitled “Perception Regarding
Quality of Care,” and she also co-authored a workshop entitled
“Collaboration Between Middle School and Assisted Living Community”
with a medical student, Karli Echterling.
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Dr. Monica Nandan, associate professor of social work, presented the
“NASW 2006 Legislative Priorities, Agenda, Talking Points” to almost
100 social workers and social work students at the second annual
Advocacy Day of the NASW Missouri Chapter in Jefferson City, Mo.
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Dr. Mark Mikkelsen, associate professor of philosophy, presented a
discussion paper, “The Problem of Race: Beginning with Kant,” at the
12th annual Conference of the Association of Core Texts and
Courses (ACTC) in Chicago.
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Dr. Kelly Henry, associate professor of psychology, Dr. Jeanie Crain,
assistant to the president; Dr. James Scanlon, Western’s president;
and Dr. Paul Shang, dean of student development; presented at the
North Central Association’s Higher Learning Commission Meeting in
Chicago. The talk was entitled “Getting on Board: Multimethod
Assessment Strategies and Maximal Impact.” A print version of the
paper was also published in the conference proceedings for that
meeting.
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Joanne Katz, professor of legal studies, was the guest speaker for a
Criminal Justice class at Central Missouri State University,
Warrensburg. She taught a class on Restorative Justice for students
in a course on Community Corrections.
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Dr. William Russell, assistant professor of physical education,
presented “Physical Educators’ Perceptions and Attitudes Toward
Interactive Video Game Technology within the Physical Education
Curriculum” at the annual University of Missouri-Columbia’s College of
Education Research Day.
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Dawn Terrick, instructor of English, and Cathy Gann, reading and study
skills coordinator, presented three half-hour sessions and
participated in an hour-long panel discussion on Western’s Learning
Communities at the Kansas City, Kan. Community College. They were one
of four schools invited to be part of the KCKCC spring in-service.
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Presentations by counseling center staff members during the month of
March included Dr. Vincenza Marash, counselor, providing a lecture on
“Eating Disorders” to an abnormal psychology class; Dave Brown,
counseling center director, discussing “Occupational Burnout” with
members of the International Association of Account Managers and
directing a discussion on civility with the Students with Disabilities
support group. Brown, Steve Potter, counselor, and Cpl. Bob Bidding,
of public safety, attended the Partners in Prevention statewide
coalition meeting at the University of Missouri, Columbia. Dr. Tim
Crowley, senior counselor, was the featured speaker at the Eggs and
Issues April event. His topic was “Owner’s Manual for Success: How
to Create the Life You Really Want …Today.”
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Rhonda Rund, director of community arts, presented a Nursing Home
Administrator Seminar entitled “Rhythm of Life: Therapeutic Uses of
Music in Long-Term Care Facilities.” The three-hour seminar was
attended by 18 area nursing home administrators and geriatric social
workers.
Excellence in our
Students
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The 2005 Griffon Yearbook took third place in Overall Excellence and
third place for Theme Development at the Missouri Collegiate Media
Association. Griffon Yearbook individual winners include: Melissa
Scearce, junior criminal justice major, third place for portrait
design; Scearce; Diamikia White, senior English major; and Ella Howser,
senior accounting major; third place for sports design. Scearce,
White, and Howser, third place for student life design. White and
Howser, honorable mention for student life design. Jared Herrin,
senior English major, honorable mention for feature writing. Amy
Chastain, junior English major, third place for personality sketch.
Scearce, and Jenny Olson, senior English major, honorable mention for
personality sketch.
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Jackie Clark was named Western’s 2006 Robert J. Greef Award winner.
Clark, a December 2005 BSE English honors graduate, was one of fifteen
outstanding recent graduates selected to receive the award at the
Conference from the Missouri Association of Teachers of English.
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Nicole Hecker, sophomore art major; Amber Hecker, freshman psychology
major; and Danyel Becker, freshman self-enrichment major, received
second place in the banner contest for their depiction of “Saddle Up
and Ride,” Home of the Pony Express banner at the Association
of Information Technology Professional’s National Collegiate
Conference in Dallas.
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The first annual Disability Services Banquet was held honoring student
volunteer note takers, graduating seniors, and outstanding instructors
that were nominated by students with disabilities. The volunteer note
takers honored are Brittany Aitchison, Nancy Allsbury, Kris Bailey,
April Baines, Mary Dean, Nancy Diederich, Cassandra Donley, Mary
Ernst, Summer Gemmell, Lacey Lincoln, Casey Nichols, Miranda Patti,
Ghazala Saleem, Alicia Schmidgall and Sara Stafford.
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Nine Western psychology students participated in the Great Plains
Students Psychology Convention that was held at Central Missouri State
University, Warrensburg. Ghazala Saleem, senior psychology major; and
Rachel Beck, junior psychology major; received second place in the
Diversity Issues session for a paper entitled “Globalization and
College Students: Positive Diversity Attitudes as Predictors of Higher
Scores on Diversity Measures.” Virginia Herrera, senior elementary
education major, presented a poster, “Diversity and the College
Student: Experiences that Help Them Grow.” Ashleigh L. Hicks, senior
social work major, received second place in the social psychology
session for her poster entitled “Doughnuts … Anyone? A Look at
Conformity Patterns and Food Related Behaviors Among Female College
Students.” Jamie McPhail, senior psychology major, presented a poster
“Personal Attribution in Disasterous Events: Locus of Control in
Natural and Man-Made Events.” Linda Oshel, freshman psychology major;
and John Waller, senior psychology major; presented a poster “The Type
D (Distressed) Personality: Biopsychosocial Outcomes.” Professors who
sponsored the students were Dr. Teddi Deka, associate professor of
psychology; Dr. Phil Wann, professor of psychology; and Dr. Patricia
Marsh, assistant professor of psychology.
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Three teams of mathematics students participated in the Missouri
Collegiate Mathematics Competition held at the University of
Missouri-Columbia. Team A consisted of Dan Cassity, junior mathematics
major; Therese Hand, senior computer science major; and Whitney
Schell, senior mathematics major. Team B consisted of Jason Briscoe,
junior mathematics major; Marian Broderick, senior mathematics major,
and Taylor Talbott, senior computer science major. Both teams were in
the top half of the 35 teams that participated. Also participating
were Jason Pettijohn and Randall Siddens. Dr. Jeff Poet, assistant
professor of math, and Dr. Don Vestal, associate professor of math,
accompanied the students to Columbia.
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The student chapter of The Wildlife Society co-sponsored the Missouri
Mast Wildlife Workshop. This is a program involving the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Missouri Department of Conservation, and
University of Missouri-Columbia designed to educate private landowners
on effective resource management.
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Norman Beers, Brian Jacobs and Justin Kerns, senior computer
information systems majors, passed their professional certification
test at the Association of Information Technology Professional’s
National Collegiate Conference in Dallas. Of the more than 400 taking
the test, only the top 40 percent passed the exam.
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Eight Western students earned acceptance into the Southwest Area
Choral Directors All-Collegiate Chorale at their St. Louis convention.
The group is directed by Dr. David Benz, assistant professor of music.
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Eight students attended the national conference for the American
Criminal Justice Association-LAE in St. Charles, Ill. Guy Stark placed
third in the under-25-year-old male category for physical agility.
Nathan Miller placed third in the student scholarship competition for
upper division and received $100.
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Six students from the department of biology presented the results of
their research along with 169 undergraduates from universities and
colleges across the nation in a competitive undergraduate poster
session at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
(ASBMB) meeting. Presenters included Nate Talley, senior biotechnology
major; and Kristen Thomsen, junior biochemistry major; working with
Dr. Melissa Daggett, assistant professor of biology; Steven Hart,
senior biotechnology major; Trevor Butner, senior biotechnology major;
Kelly Malloy, junior biology major; and Adam Brown, junior biology
major; working with Dr. Todd Eckdahl, professor of biology. Talley was
selected as one of the top award recipients for the project he
completed with support from the Summer Research Institute entitled
“Determination of Small Stream Water Quality Using Crayfish as a Model
Organism.”
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Four Western students presented their papers at the 2006 Popular
Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCAACA). The student
presentations varied widely in topic. Kim Schutte, senior English
major, gave a paper on the fusion band, “The Eleventh House.” Dawn
Baker, senior history major, presented on Josephine Baker and her life
in Paris. Peg Pella, senior English major, presented on the use of
black dialect by the 19th century white writer Joel
Chandler Harris.
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Chemistry students William Wright, senior, and Charity Witkowski,
junior, presented their summer 2005 research with Dr.Shauna Hiley,
associate professor of chemistry, at the Undergraduate Poster Session
of the American Chemical Society National Meeting in Atlanta. The
title of the presentation was “Development of Microlab Experiments for
General Chemistry Laboratories.”
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Amy Pankau, junior mathematics/economics major, and Bob Smith, senior
computer science/mathematics major gave a computer science,
mathematics and physics colloquium. Pankau presented More Test
Ratios = Less Pivoting? and Smith presented
Does the Computer Sudoku?
Excellence in our
Programs
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The Western planetarium was awarded a $400 grant from the National
Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation to offer free shows to area
elementary schools, and 11 shows will be held. An article about the
grant and Western’s planetarium program will be in an upcoming issue
of the Foundation’s newsletter.
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“Celebrating Place-Based Writing” was the theme for the 2006 High
School Writing Day held at Western. Over 260 high school students and
their teachers participated in a daylong series of writing workshops
and performance events which was co-sponsored by Prairie Lands Writing
Project; the departments of English, foreign languages and journalism;
and the St. Joseph School District. Western’s English faculty who
conducted writing workshops for the students included: Dawn Terrick,
instructor of English; Tom Pankiewicz, assistant professor of English;
Dr. Ann Thorne, associate professor of journalism; Dr. Stacia Bensyl,
associate professor of English; Bill Church, instructor of English;
and Dr. Ken Rosenauer, professor of journalism and department chair.
Assisting with planning the event were Pankiewicz, Dawn Terrick, and
Dr. Frick, officers from Western’s Student Affiliate of the National
Council of English, and the St. Joseph Benton High School English
teacher Stefanie Lyle (event chair).
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Prairie Lands Writing Project (PLWP) has received a matching grant of
$45,000 in federal funds from the National Writing Project (NWP) to
support its Invitational Institute and core program for teachers for
the year beginning July 1, 2006. In addition to the NWP base grant,
Prairie Lands will also receive additional funding totaling $23,000 to
support its special projects, such as a high school poetry writing
contest and national technology initiative grant that supports
in-services/curriculum development to meet writing/reading standards
in Missouri.
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High school juniors were invited to visit campus on Good Friday. Over
200 reservations were made from students and parents in the five-state
area.
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The Saturday VIP Visit day was a great success. One hundred
seventy-five students and parents attended the program. Faculty from
most departments were present in the morning session. There were
visitors from several states in attendance.
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The Center for Student Engagement sponsored the Leadership Lexicon.
The Leadership Lexicon is a student leadership conference created to
help foster and develop leadership skills of all kinds of students,
from beginner to advanced, Greek to nontraditional. Faculty, staff,
and students, as well as visitors Jim Gibson and Shelby Coxen,
presented various presentations to Western students. Through various
educational sessions and roundtable discussions, students were able to
gain valuable knowledge on the topic of leadership.
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Mark Linder, director of athletics, and Wonda Berry-Howe, director of
recreation services and facilities, worked with the Convention and
Visitors Bureau (CVB) in St. Joseph to bring a Super Regional
Basketball Tournament to St. Joseph for nine to 13 year-olds. There
were 22 teams, and Western was home base for the tournament. Eighteen
staff members, faculty and students helped make this a success. This
tournament went so well that St. Joseph CVB is looking to bid a
national tournament to be played in St. Joseph and draw close to 100
teams.
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Western and Hocking College were featured on the Noel- Levitz Advising
teleconference. Western’s presentation focused on how the campus is
using AQIP, strategic planning and retention discussions to enhance
academic advising. Numerous student services staff also participated
in meetings with the Noel-Levitz retention consultant.
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The Nontraditional Student Association sponsored an event entitled
“Visiting the 60s.” There were several activities at the clock tower
and at the student union to celebrate the end of the semester and wish
all students well during their finals. Music, hot dogs, and sidewalk
chalk art were some of the events.
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The U.S. Economic Development Administration made a formal invitation
to Western to submit a final application by May 6 to construct a
technology incubator, the Western Venture Center.
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The Center for Community Arts held the second annual Youth Arts
Showcase in the Fulkerson Center. This event showcased talented area
performing and visual youth artists and helped to raise scholarship
funds for Center for Community Arts. Approximately 350 community
members attended.
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The center for professional development has been contracted by
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. (BIVI) to provide a Leadership
Development Program for 17 of their managers and supervisors. This
10-session course, the fifth section provided to BIVI since 2003, is
being taught by Sally Sanders and Peggy Ellis, director of
professional training.
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The center for professional development has been contracted by the
Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, Jefferson City, Mo., to
provide a three-day Command Spanish® seminar in Springfield, Mo.
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The Chamber Ensembles
and the Western Concert Band performed a concert featuring the Brass
Quintet, the Sax Quartet, the Trumpet Trio and the Percussion
Ensemble. The concert band was directed by Jeff Hinton, assistant
professor of music.
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The Western Chamber
Singers, directed by Dr. David Benz, assistant professor of music,
performed for the Foundation Appreciation Dinner. Bob Long, assistant
professor of music and director of Western’s jazz program, appeared
with the Chamber Singers as a guest soloist.
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